The 2017 pass rate is 98.76%, up from 98.67% last year. Of those candidates who passed, 88.5% (87.61% in 2016) achieved entry to degree study; 8.96% (9.83% in 2016) qualified for entry to diploma study; and 1.3% (1.23% in 2016) achieved entry for study at the higher certificate level.

A total of 11,464 full-time and 666 part-time candidates from 212 examination centres across Southern Africa wrote the IEB exams in October and November 2017 – an increase from 2016, when there were 11,022 full-time and 703 part-time candidates.

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